Savoy To Close In 2008

The Fairmont Savoy Hotel in London is to close for the whole of 2008.

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The Fairmont Savoy Hotel in London is to close for the whole of 2008. Speaking exclusively to Business Traveller, John Williams, Executive Vice President Operations for Fairmont Hotels & Resorts said that though the exact date of the works was dependent on Westminster City Council, 2008 was the most likely year because of the need for various permissions. “We are working with the council on this,” he said, “we want to do it well, so that the Savoy retains its position as one of the finest hotels not only in London, but in the world.” Ruling out the possibility of carrying out the works while keeping parts of the hotel open because “all you do is upset the guests”, Williams told Business Traveller that the process was one which Fairmont had experience of and was in the process of completing with the New York Plaza, which will reopen in mid-2007 with 282 rooms, down from 805 before closing in 2005 (the rest being turned into apartments).

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Deluxe one bedroom suite

“With the Plaza all the public spaces remain, newly restored. It’s something that the Raffles in Singapore has already gone through, and now it will be the turn of the Savoy. From those three properties we have the anchor from which we can grow.”

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